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Devices and accounts

Lesson 3 of 10
By the end of this lesson you’ll have a plan for the computer, the browser, the passwords, the second factors and the email account that sit behind every crypto account you own, in the order a thief would attack them.
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Start from the email account

Nearly every account you hold can be reset from your email. An attacker who reads your inbox can reset your exchange password, approve a withdrawal address, and read the confirmation code. Your email is the root of trust, so it gets the strongest protection you own, before anything with the word crypto in it.

Your email
The root of trust
↓
Exchange password
Reset
Withdrawal address
Approved
Confirmation code
Read
What one inbox opens

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